7 DVD's, 24 Episodes, plus dozens of commercials/previews/'insiders' from FX channel. Best $105 (from Best Buy) I have spent recently.
Even if it ends this season, I look forward to owning the next 6 seasons on DVD also. Now, if only Law and Order, Homicide and The Simpsons would release THEIR episodes this way...I would never leave the house again.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Mmm...or perhaps we can ask Jeff about why Mozilla and Netscape aren't html 4.0 compliant also. Style sheets are one of the most useful things available today, but, they are unusable in major websites, thanks to Netscape's shitty rendering of them. Too bad Opera is so damned weird. Dump the extra crap Opera, and give us that small, fast, compliant browser...
Btw, if you folks haven't seen IE for the Mac, you are really missing out. It is absolutely the best browser available.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Wow. What a bunch of hypocrites the/. crew is turning into on this issue...I mean, if you agree with Jon Katz, doesn't that automatically worry you ? Let's start. Metallica and their record company spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to create, produce and distribute music. People steal that music, and Metallica is lambasted for protecting it's rights... Slashdot.org, a website, with no physical product, and no actual 'original thoughts' of it's own, compiles a buttload of comments that were freely posted by its readers, and creates the infamous 'Hellmouth' book. And you guys go fucking nuts, wanting recognition and compensation. So, let's clarify...your pithy comments are worth more, and should be protected more, than the creation and physical product of someone else?
You really need to think this through folks. Napster has one usage, and one usage only. What would happen if someone was standing in your neighborhood selling 'alarm de-activators' and crowbars, and pointing people toward your house, politely providing a list of what valuables you own? You would have his ass in jail, or maybe just beat said ass... Sigh. We are all (mostly) adults, and we know right from wrong. It's fun to be naughty, but it's naive to become upset when you get caught. As RMS once said "If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime"...//end fake quote//
Ya know...I was going to post this as an AC, but, I have the courage to post, so, you shold have the courage to look deep, and eek out the truth within yourselves...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
I TOTALLY agree. It's one thing to abbreviate, and yet another to parody, but, in stories like this, there is no excuse for this type of grammar. Slashdot is propagating the 'cool script kiddies' talk, in order to...well. God only knows why... This has been a peeve of mine for a LONG time. The use of 'z' instead of 's', the never-ending pipes instead of 'i'. Give us a break Slashdot. We get enough trash from the trolls.
This from a guy with alphanumeric characters in his nick...hmmm...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Bowie, Just wanted to let you know that I totally agree with your comments, and would like to add that, if more parents would keep their kids in their own neighborhoods, within earshot, and paid attention to them and their friends, that things would be alot better. Letting kids go wild at a mall every weekend is not cool. Some of the best times of my life were during my preteen years, in the late 70's, going to neighborhood barbeques and weekly movies, played in a church parking lot. Childhood used to be a time of great adventure, and of fun and memories. Now, it's Britney Spears and Snoop Dog. Kids these days aren't kids. They are miniature adults, having to deal with adult situations and problems earlier and earlier. Every day, I have to listen to my 11 and 4 year old kids singing stuff that would have earned me an ass whipping 15 years ago. It's so frustrating trying to tell them WHY it's not ok to sing it/watch it,etc., when all of their little friends do. Sigh. I'm old.
Excuse my typos, it's late...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
You don't sue Walmart for selling me the duffel bag that I stuffed the cash into.
I want to comment on that line... The bags Wal-Mart sells for money stuffing are far superior to any other duffle bags I have used. Frequently, when the dye packs explode, lesser bags become saturated, and stain the floors of my Honda. In addition, it is perfect for storing the fingers that I have to chop off of hostages. It's time for Wal-Mart to be recognized for its high quality bank robbing tools.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
This is a great comment. EACH point is valid, and, as a matter of fact, I am printing this out for my wife to read. Someone should mod this up big time.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
I am a recent telecomutee, now working for a firm with offices in Boston and LA, while I live in rural Georgia. I have to say that most of the comments I see are dead on. The problems I am experiencing are guilt over not being constantly 'on the clock', and the uncertainty that I am 'missing' something that the people in the offices are doing. There is a small amount of boredom also, as even SlashDotting becomes a distraction I must force myself to avoid (not too successfully). In closing, I would just like to say that, this type of article is SlashDot at its best. This is good, informative stuff, with not alot of noise. Just a frank discussion about how to cope with a not so common situation. Kudos Guys!
PS: Does anyone here have kids, and attempt to home school them? Does anyone have any good resources on this subject? TIA.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
2000-03-15 20:10:24 Windows Me to eliminate some networking support (articles,microsoft) (declined) 2000-03-15 20:19:12 DSL subscribers see privacy disappear... (articles,Privacy) (declined) ---------------------------- This is my off-topic proof. Foreshadowing as it may be...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Right wing? Slashdot? Puh-LEAZE. These are the 'pr0n doesnt hurt kids' people. The 'money is evil' people. The 'God forbid someone make a buck (except for us)' people... They are as right wing as Hillary Clinton (or John McCain)...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Even King wants cross platform usage...
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King's New eBook
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From this article: In a statement released by his secretary, the best-selling author of more than 30 books said he was "very excited at the possibility of a new market opening up.'' He added, "and as a dedicated and long-term Mac user, I am surprised and a little unhappy at how hard it is for Mac users to access the story but thank God for the Palm Pilot which is making it accessible.'' Eisemann said Macintosh users were not able to access the story Tuesday but "They're going to fix that as soon as they can.''
It's too bad we don't have a 'CEO' or 'President' to make official Linux statements about situations like this. I say we have a SlashDot election, and make one person the 'SpokesPerson'...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
but the real lesson here is that you should worry about yourself, and stop throbbing in your own insecurity as to having to "tattle" on others.
No, I think the real issue is that a 17 year old genius, who happens to be a female, was referred to as a slut, by someone claiming to represent a large ISP in the United States. People sometimes go to JAIL over things like that, and people definitely lose their jobs. If this really was the work of your 'friend', you should evaluate your peers. Have a nice day.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
THIS is insightful? A suggestion to make a business application skinnable? OMG. That's just pathetic. Is that what the GPL is about? Making stuff cool?
Sheesh. Also, his companies application 'doesn't ring a bell' with you? Are you his project manager? Are you the US Patent office? Are you SUPPOSED to be aware of all applications developed in/for the Windows OS? To whom at your mountain kingdom do we submit our work?
Your arrogance is astounding.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Why is it ok for Slashdot and Jakob to use Amazon, heck, to even ENCOURAGE the use of Amazon, but, we little geeks (the unwashed), are supposed to sacrifice convenience and quality service? The Linux/OSS/GNU/1337 class wars have begun...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Re:Episode was just tounge in cheek parody
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X-Files FPS Episode
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To clarify your comment: "I think the one where Michael Milkin guest starred, where Mulder and His character switched bodies would also qualify as this type of episode." Michael Milkin was a Wall Street junk bond trader who did time... The person you are referring to is Michael McKean, who has been involved in everything from Laverne and Shirley to Spinal Tap to Saturday Night Live. Mmmm...Goooogle...and HTML posting... Yummy...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
There is a site, GetTux.com, that offers a monthly subscription of HowTo documents, specially formatted, and with a keyword searchable index. Kinda cool to not have to login to the net everytime something breaks...and if your pc is down, well, ya probably arent getting online anyway.:-) It looks like a good idea, and their website implies that they may have some new ideas about how to do Linux docs...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust." Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Slashdot Mirror
ANDOVER.NET:::
PLEASE, for the love of God, PLEASE implement a 'spell/grammer check' module of some sort.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
Please, before he posts again...or at least aadd some sort of '4th grade level' browsing option...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
7 DVD's, 24 Episodes, plus dozens of commercials/previews/'insiders' from FX channel.
Best $105 (from Best Buy) I have spent recently.
Even if it ends this season, I look forward to owning the next 6 seasons on DVD also.
Now, if only Law and Order, Homicide and The Simpsons would release THEIR episodes this way...I would never leave the house again.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
WhooHoo!
Big Name Linux Fight!! So all isn't love and kisses after all...
MOD THIS UP!
heh heh
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Mmm...or perhaps we can ask Jeff about why Mozilla and Netscape aren't html 4.0 compliant also.
Style sheets are one of the most useful things available today, but, they are unusable in major websites, thanks to Netscape's shitty rendering of them.
Too bad Opera is so damned weird. Dump the extra crap Opera, and give us that small, fast, compliant browser...
Btw, if you folks haven't seen IE for the Mac, you are really missing out. It is absolutely the best browser available.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
HA.
Try to buy a gun and use the word militia.
You will be a guest at Elain Gonzales new home in no time...
Or end up with a Vince Foster hairdo...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Wow. /. crew is turning into on this issue...I mean, if you agree with Jon Katz, doesn't that automatically worry you ?
//end fake quote//
What a bunch of hypocrites the
Let's start.
Metallica and their record company spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to create, produce and distribute music. People steal that music, and Metallica is lambasted for protecting it's rights...
Slashdot.org, a website, with no physical product, and no actual 'original thoughts' of it's own, compiles a buttload of comments that were freely posted by its readers, and creates the infamous 'Hellmouth' book.
And you guys go fucking nuts, wanting recognition and compensation.
So, let's clarify...your pithy comments are worth more, and should be protected more, than the creation and physical product of someone else?
You really need to think this through folks. Napster has one usage, and one usage only. What would happen if someone was standing in your neighborhood selling 'alarm de-activators' and crowbars, and pointing people toward your house, politely providing a list of what valuables you own? You would have his ass in jail, or maybe just beat said ass...
Sigh. We are all (mostly) adults, and we know right from wrong. It's fun to be naughty, but it's naive to become upset when you get caught.
As RMS once said "If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime"...
Ya know...I was going to post this as an AC, but, I have the courage to post, so, you shold have the courage to look deep, and eek out the truth within yourselves...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
I TOTALLY agree. ...well. God only knows why...
It's one thing to abbreviate, and yet another to parody, but, in stories like this, there is no excuse for this type of grammar.
Slashdot is propagating the 'cool script kiddies' talk, in order to
This has been a peeve of mine for a LONG time. The use of 'z' instead of 's', the never-ending pipes instead of 'i'.
Give us a break Slashdot. We get enough trash from the trolls.
This from a guy with alphanumeric characters in his nick...hmmm...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Bowie,
Just wanted to let you know that I totally agree with your comments, and would like to add that, if more parents would keep their kids in their own neighborhoods, within earshot, and paid attention to them and their friends, that things would be alot better. Letting kids go wild at a mall every weekend is not cool.
Some of the best times of my life were during my preteen years, in the late 70's, going to neighborhood barbeques and weekly movies, played in a church parking lot.
Childhood used to be a time of great adventure, and of fun and memories. Now, it's Britney Spears and Snoop Dog.
Kids these days aren't kids. They are miniature adults, having to deal with adult situations and problems earlier and earlier. Every day, I have to listen to my 11 and 4 year old kids singing stuff that would have earned me an ass whipping 15 years ago. It's so frustrating trying to tell them WHY it's not ok to sing it/watch it,etc., when all of their little friends do.
Sigh. I'm old.
Excuse my typos, it's late...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
You don't sue Walmart for selling me the duffel bag that I stuffed the cash into.
I want to comment on that line...
The bags Wal-Mart sells for money stuffing are far superior to any other duffle bags I have used.
Frequently, when the dye packs explode, lesser bags become saturated, and stain the floors of my Honda. In addition, it is perfect for storing the fingers that I have to chop off of hostages.
It's time for Wal-Mart to be recognized for its high quality bank robbing tools.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
This is a great comment.
EACH point is valid, and, as a matter of fact, I am printing this out for my wife to read.
Someone should mod this up big time.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
I am a recent telecomutee, now working for a firm with offices in Boston and LA, while I live in rural Georgia.
I have to say that most of the comments I see are dead on. The problems I am experiencing are guilt over not being constantly 'on the clock', and the uncertainty that I am 'missing' something that the people in the offices are doing.
There is a small amount of boredom also, as even SlashDotting becomes a distraction I must force myself to avoid (not too successfully).
In closing, I would just like to say that, this type of article is SlashDot at its best. This is good, informative stuff, with not alot of noise. Just a frank discussion about how to cope with a not so common situation.
Kudos Guys!
PS: Does anyone here have kids, and attempt to home school them? Does anyone have any good resources on this subject? TIA.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
So, a link to scoobydoo.com is informative? What are the moderators smoking today? I want some too...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
2000-03-15 20:10:24 Windows Me to eliminate some networking support (articles,microsoft) (declined) 2000-03-15 20:19:12 DSL subscribers see privacy disappear... (articles,Privacy) (declined) ---------------------------- This is my off-topic proof. Foreshadowing as it may be...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Right wing? Slashdot?
Puh-LEAZE.
These are the 'pr0n doesnt hurt kids' people. The 'money is evil' people. The 'God forbid someone make a buck (except for us)' people...
They are as right wing as Hillary Clinton (or John McCain)...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
From this article:
In a statement released by his secretary, the best-selling author of more than 30 books said he was "very excited at the possibility of a new market opening up.'' He added, "and as a dedicated and long-term Mac user, I am surprised and a little unhappy at how hard it is for Mac users to access the story but thank God for the Palm Pilot which is making it accessible.'' Eisemann said Macintosh users were not able to access the story Tuesday but "They're going to fix that as soon as they can.''
It's too bad we don't have a 'CEO' or 'President' to make official Linux statements about situations like this. I say we have a SlashDot election, and make one person the 'SpokesPerson'...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
but the real lesson here is that you should worry about yourself, and stop throbbing in your own insecurity as to having to "tattle" on others.
No, I think the real issue is that a 17 year old genius, who happens to be a female, was referred to as a slut, by someone claiming to represent a large ISP in the United States. People sometimes go to JAIL over things like that, and people definitely lose their jobs. If this really was the work of your 'friend', you should evaluate your peers.
Have a nice day.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Scumbag. Learn some respect.
I emailed your boss.
Have a nice day.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Can't...relax... Poured hot...coffee...instead of grits...
Stop being nice when someone flames you, makes the flame-thrower feel bad.
Have a good day CAPSLOCK2000.
:-)
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
THIS is insightful?
A suggestion to make a business application skinnable?
OMG.
That's just pathetic. Is that what the GPL is about? Making stuff cool?
Sheesh.
Also, his companies application 'doesn't ring a bell' with you?
Are you his project manager? Are you the US Patent office? Are you SUPPOSED to be aware of all applications developed in/for the Windows OS?
To whom at your mountain kingdom do we submit our work?
Your arrogance is astounding.
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Why is it ok for Slashdot and Jakob to use Amazon, heck, to even ENCOURAGE the use of Amazon, but, we little geeks (the unwashed), are supposed to sacrifice convenience and quality service?
The Linux/OSS/GNU/1337 class wars have begun...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
To clarify your comment:
"I think the one where Michael Milkin guest starred, where Mulder and His character switched bodies would also qualify as this type of episode."
Michael Milkin was a Wall Street junk bond trader who did time...
The person you are referring to is Michael McKean, who has been involved in everything from Laverne and Shirley to Spinal Tap to Saturday Night Live.
Mmmm...Goooogle...and HTML posting... Yummy...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
As opposed to men with two or more beards...
This is such a stupid story. Sigh.
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"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
Three Words: Members Only Jackets
Sigh...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
As a parent, it really saddens me to hear that this man likes a cartoon more than he likes his six year old daughter...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)
There is a site, GetTux.com, that offers a monthly subscription of HowTo documents, specially formatted, and with a keyword searchable index. Kinda cool to not have to login to the net everytime something breaks...and if your pc is down, well, ya probably arent getting online anyway. :-)
It looks like a good idea, and their website implies that they may have some new ideas about how to do Linux docs...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)